2003 Australian Open – Women's doubles

April 2026 2003 Australian Open s USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 64 16 Australian Open – Women's doubles Australian Open – Women's doubles 2003 Australian Open Serena and Venus Williams defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 2003 Australian Open. It was their second Australian Open title together and sixth major title together overall. Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the reigning champions, but Hingis did not participate. Kournikova partnered with Chanda Rubin, but lost in the third round to Conchita Martínez and Nadia Petrova. This was the first edition to feature a final set tie-break. Seeds 30em USA Serena Williams / USA Venus Williams (champions) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (final) RUS Elena Dementieva / SVK Janette Husárová (second round) ZIM Cara Black / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (third round) SVK Daniela Hantuchová / USA Meghann Shaughnessy (quarterfinals) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Lisa Raymond (semifinals) BEL Kim Clijsters / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / RUS Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Kournikova / USA Chanda Rubin (third round) BEL Els Callens / JPN Rika Fujiwara (first round) TPE Janet Lee / INA Wynne Prakusya (second round) SLO Tina Križan / SLO Katarina Srebotnik (first round) AUT Barbara Schett / AUT Patricia Wartusch (first round) RUS Elena Bovina / BEL Justine Henin (third round) ITA Silvia Farina Elia / ITA Tathiana Garbin (second round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova / USA Martina Navratilova (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 7 7 BEL Kim ClijstersJPN Ai Sugiyama 4 5 FRA Mary PierceAUS Rennae Stubbs 1 5 6 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 6 7 5 SVK Daniela HantuchováUSA Meghann Shaughnessy 4 2 SUI Emmanuelle GagliardiHUN Petra Mandula 6 6 8 ESP Conchita MartínezRUS Nadia Petrova 6 5 63 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 2 7 77 1 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 6 6 6 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 2 2 SUI Emmanuelle GagliardiHUN Petra Mandula 0 2 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 6 1 USA Serena WilliamsUSA Venus Williams 4 6 6 2 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 6 4 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1/WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6 ITA 2003 R GrandeSUI P Schnyder 3 1 WC AUS C DellacquaAUS N Sewell 4 6 6 RUS G FokinaRUS A Rodionova 6 2 2 ITA 2003 A CanepaVEN 1954 M Sequera 6 1 6 ITA 2003 F PennettaITA 2003 A Serra Zanetti 3 6 3 SUI M CasanovaAUS N Pratt 7 1 3 16 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 5 6 6 12 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 2 3 AUS R McQuillanUSA M Tu 6 6 AUS C BarclayGER M Müller 6 63 64 GER K FreyeFR Yugoslavia D Zarić 4 77 77 WC AUS J HewittAUS A Szili 1 4 RSA A CoetzerRSA J Steck 6 6 AUS T MusgraveTHA T Tanasugarn 3 5 7 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 7 1/WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6 WC AUS C DellacquaAUS N Sewell 3 2 ITA 2003 A CanepaVEN 1954 M Sequera 2 1 16 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 6 6 AUS R McQuillanUSA M Tu 4 6 4 GER K FreyeFR Yugoslavia D Zarić 6 4 6 RSA A CoetzerRSA J Steck 2 4 7 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 1/WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 6 16 RUS S KuznetsovaUSA M Navratilova 2 3 GER K FreyeFR Yugoslavia D Zarić 1 1 7 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 1/WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 6 7 7 BEL K ClijstersJPN A Sugiyama 4 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 77 RUS E KulikovskayaBLR 1995 T Poutchek 3 64 USA B RippnerAUS C Wheeler 3 3 RSA N de VilliersRUS A Jidkova 6 6 CZE D BedáňováITA 2003 R Vinci 4 1 FRA M PierceAUS R Stubbs 6 6 USA A AugustusRSA N Grandin 3 2 15 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 6 6 10 BEL E CallensJPN R Fujiwara 3 77 4 GER B RittnerVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 6 61 6 RSA K GrantGBR J Pullin 5 2 HUN K MarosiUSA S Reeves 7 6 ARG ME SalerniSWE Å Svensson 6 6 ESP M MarreroPAR 1990 R de los Ríos 3 2 WC AUS A GrahameAUS C Watson 1 1 6 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 6 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 RSA N de VilliersRUS A Jidkova 4 2 FRA M PierceAUS R Stubbs 6 7 15 ITA 2003 S Farina EliaITA 2003 T Garbin 1 5 GER B RittnerVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 6 4 6 HUN K MarosiUSA S Reeves 2 6 2 ARG ME SalerniSWE Å Svensson 1 2 6 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 6 4 ZIM C BlackRUS E Likhovtseva 3 6 1 FRA M PierceAUS R Stubbs 6 2 6 GER B RittnerVEN 1954 M Vento-Kabchi 3 4 6 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 6 FRA M PierceAUS R Stubbs 1 5 6 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 7 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 162 5 SVK D HantuchováUSA M Shaughnessy 78 6 AUS L McSheaKAZ I Selyutina 66 1 SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová 6 6 NED K BoogertESP M Serna 4 3 GER A GlassGER M Weingärtner 3 1 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 6 CRO I MajoliBUL M Maleeva 1 4 11 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 6 6 13 AUT B SchettAUT P Wartusch 6 4 3 USA J HopkinsCRO J Kostanić 2 6 6 USA T AshleyUSA A Spears 2 6 5 HUN Z GubacsiESP C Martínez Granados 6 4 7 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 6 6 ESP MJ Martínez SánchezESP A Medina Garrigues 3 2 UKR T PerebiynisCRO S Talaja 4 6 3 3 RUS E DementievaSVK J Husárová 6 4 6 5 SVK D HantuchováUSA M Shaughnessy w/o SLO M MatevžičSVK H Nagyová FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 6 2 6 11 TPE J LeeINA W Prakusya 3 6 4 USA J HopkinsCRO J Kostanić 6 5 2 HUN Z GubacsiESP C Martínez Granados 1 7 6 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 6 3 6 3 RUS E DementievaSVK J Husárová 2 6 0 5 SVK D HantuchováUSA M Shaughnessy 6 6 FRA N DechyFRA É Loit 3 3 HUN Z GubacsiESP C Martínez Granados 64 2 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 77 6 5 SVK D HantuchováUSA M Shaughnessy 4 2 SUI E GagliardiHUN P Mandula 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 ESP C MartínezRUS N Petrova 6 3 77 USA A HarkleroadARG P Tarabini 4 6 62 WC CHN T LiCHN T Sun 77 4 4 ROM A VancNED A van Exel 61 6 6 AUS E DominikovicAUS B Stewart 1 3 JPN S AsagoeJPN N Miyagi 6 6 USA A StevensonCAN V Webb 6 0 2 9 RUS A KournikovaUSA C Rubin 0 6 6 14 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin-Hardenne 6 6 IRL K LigganINA A Widjaja 4 0 UKR E TatarkovaCZE R Voráčová 77 6 WC AUS S StoneAUS S Stosur 65 3 GRE E DaniilidouNED C Vis 3 4 WC FRA M BartoliRUS M Sharapova 6 6 RUS L KrasnoroutskayaRUS T Panova 5 4 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 7 6 8 ESP C MartínezRUS N Petrova 6 4 6 ROM A VancNED A van Exel 2 6 1 JPN S AsagoeJPN N Miyagi 1 0 9 RUS A KournikovaUSA C Rubin 6 6 14 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin-Hardenne 63 6 6 UKR E TatarkovaCZE R Voráčová 77 0 0 WC FRA M BartoliRUS M Sharapova 3 6 1 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 2 6 8 ESP C MartínezRUS N Petrova 63 6 6 9 RUS A KournikovaUSA C Rubin 77 3 3 14 RUS E BovinaBEL J Henin-Hardenne 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez w/o 8 ESP C MartínezRUS N Petrova 6 5 63 2 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 2 7 77 External links 2003 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Official Results Archive (Australian Open) Official Results Archive (WTA) Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:2003 in Australian women's sport